Trump is Repeating Richard Nixon’s Failed Plan to Shutter Federal Agencies
In January of 1973, just days after Johnson died of a heart attack, a newly reelected Nixon announced plans to terminate the ...
Gerald Ford’s Unlikely Role in the Imperial Presidency
In a new book, Jeffrey Toobin makes a convincing case that Ford’s pardon of President Nixon set the stage for unchecked ...
Trump’s Blueprint for Bending the Media Has Nixon Written All Over It
The president’s heavy-handed approach to traditional journalists has the hallmarks of an attempted crackdown 50 years ago.
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Nixon paved the way for Trump’s "new standard" of inaugural fundraising
This, experts say, allows Trump to embrace corporate and individual gifts in a more brazen way that mirrors another president he has been compared to — Richard Nixon. While nearly half a century ...
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History comes alive in TOSAC’s rendition of Frost/Nixon
THOMASVILLE- Broadway’s original drama Frost/Nixon is set to take the stage at Thomasville On Stage and Company on Friday ...
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The cautionary tale of Richard Nixon vs. his Fed chair
The story of former President Richard Nixon vs. Arthur Burns, his Fed Chair is a tale of a president pressuring the head of the central bank for political reasons. Burns fights it, then capitulates, ...
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What happened when Richard Nixon wanted more control over interest rates
This is a tale of a president pressuring the head of the central bank for political reasons. Burns fights it, then capitulates, and it lays the foundation for later inflation.